bicchulite

English

Etymology

From Bicchu +‎ -lite. From Japanese 備中/備州 (“Bitchū/Bishū”); Named for the locality Bitchū, Okayama, Japan; where the Fuka mine is located, from which the mineral was discovered.

Noun

bicchulite

1. (mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral colorless mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.

Coordinate terms

• fukalite

 

Translations

mineral

• Finnish: bikuliitti

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Bicchulite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “bicchulite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.